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They are such simple things—variations on the type of small vegetable plots many of us have in our own backyards—yet keyhole gardens are having a profound effect on the lives of people in Lesotho, a small nation that's an "island" in the middle of South Africa.

There is a song Mary Kamangeni hums as she places bundles of dried stalks on the land where she's planted corn. "My life is like the water in the stream." she sings softly in Chichewa, the language of Malawi. "It flows in one direction."

On July 9, South Sudan, the world's newest country, celebrated the first anniversary of its independence. Meet the people of South Sudan and learn about their hopes and dreams for their new nation. Each works for Catholic Relief Services in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

At 7 a.m., the cicadas screech. At 9, the cows begin to moo. At noon, dogs irritated by the heat bark angrily. By dusk, the wind howls as it whips past cacti and dried soil. In Robin Rasamimanana's fields, dawn breaks...More

Care of the smallest children in East Timor often falls to mothers. They wipe runny noses and labor over cooked-from-scratch meals, and meet the youngest children's needs while attending to demands from older siblings. Fathers also provide some of this direct care, but it's a rare enough...More

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Baltimore, Maryland, spent a week helping students find ways to live in solidarity with the poorest of the poor around the globe through the Catholic Relief Services Global Solidarity Schools...More